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US President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The US justice department says the former Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, used the proceeds of bribery and embezzled public funds to buy a mansion in a Washington suburb when he was in power.

Russian hackers are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, US and Canada, security services have warned.

 

Don't wear a mask unless you're sick. If you really want a mask, use a non-medical one. Actually, it's better to wear a mask all the time. You must wear a mask. Even if you are healthy.

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.

A 12-year-old girl has been rescued by authorities in Kenya after she was married off to two men in the span of one month.

Nigeria's first-ever female combat helicopter pilot has died from injuries sustained in a road accident, the Nigerian Air Force has announced.

US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years.

France has approved pay rises worth €8bn (£7.2bn; $9bn) for health workers, with the government hailing their role in fighting coronavirus.

Two Malagasy lawmakers, one member of the senate and one deputy, have died after contracting coronavirus, President Andry Rajoelina is reported to have announced on Sunday.

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has passed away, public broadcaster SABC has reported.

US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Five people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership.